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On World Press Freedom Day, CPJ calls for the release of all jailed journalists

By Shazdeh Omari/CPJ News Editor

New York, April 29, 2014—Uzbek editor Muhammad Bekjanov has been in jail for 15 years, one of the longest imprisonments of journalists worldwide. Prominent Iranian journalist Siamak Ghaderi was imprisoned in 2010 and has been beaten and whipped in custody. Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van Hai, serving a 12-year jail term, could barely walk or talk during a prison visit in July 2013, his family said.

On
Wednesday, the Swedish newspaper Expressenpublished what it described as
an exclusive interview
with Ali Abdu--Eritrea's long-time information minister, government spokesman, and censor-in-chief--who vanished
from public view in November. The piece confirmed that Ali had gone into exile,
but it shed no light on the whereabouts and well-being of more than two dozen imprisoned
journalists.

Crisis in East Africa

Fifty-seven journalists fled their country in the past year, with Somalia sending the
greatest number into exile. Journalists also fled Ethiopia, Eritrea, and
Rwanda--mostly for Kenya and Uganda. Exiles in East Africa must grapple with
poverty and fear. A CPJ special report by María Salazar-Ferro and Tom Rhodes

If you pass by Kronoberg Prison in Sweden's capital,
Stockholm, you will see journalists chained to its gates. They have committed
no crime. For over a week, journalists have taken turns locking themselves up
in front of the prison to
raise awareness of the imprisonment of three colleagues held in the Horn of
Africa.